Chapter 509: Luer Gorge
Hebul Khan and Baba led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from more than a dozen tribes to the east.
It was getting dark, and at that moment, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard again in the distance.
"See who it is?" Hebul Khan Road.
Someone immediately went to check, and after half an hour, the man returned again, and it turned out that the soldiers and horses on the opposite side turned out to be the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian Kereh Department! The Great Khan of the Kereb was among them.
"Hebul!" Suddenly, Zahuth came on horseback with dozens of his own soldiers.
"Suddenly, you didn't go after the Han people, why did you come here?" Hebul Khan Road.
"The Han people entered the Kagora Gorge in the south, where there was a checkpoint and we had to stop for a while! I'm coming to see you, you went to hunt down those Han cavalry, how are you doing now? Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Those Han cavalry were very cunning and fled into a forest to the west, and we had to leave for the time being! You just said that the Han infantry entered the Luer Gorge? What is Kagokyo Gorge? Hebul Khan said.
"Kagokyo is a canyon in the mountains ahead! If you want to get to Chukyo, you have to pass through there. Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Didn't you attack the level there?" Hebul Khan Road.
"We sent troops to attack, but it was difficult to defeat them." Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Let's go over and have a look." Hebul Khan Road.
The two led their soldiers and horses to the southeast, and after walking for another half an hour, the terrain gradually became higher, and a mountain field appeared in front of them.
At this moment, the remaining more than 100,000 Mongolian soldiers and horses were resting here, and I saw Mongolian warriors from various tribes gathered together and sat on the ground. It was cold, and the Mongol soldiers had already lit quite a few bonfires, around which they gathered. Some Mongolian tribal soldiers also shot down their prey and are now barbecuing it.
"Why don't you attack at night?" After Hebul Khan came here, he frowned and said.
"The levels there are very dangerous, and it's a bit difficult to attack at night." Suddenly, he thought about it.
"Tomorrow morning, we must finish this level!" Hebul Khan Road.
On this day, the soldiers under him were also constantly chasing and fighting, and the soldiers were very tired at the moment, and after thinking for a while, Hebul Khan decided to let his soldiers rest on the spot.
However, even when he was resting, Hebul Khan sent people to patrol the surroundings to prevent the Song army from coming out of the checkpoint.
Hebul Khan himself was exhausted, and he lay down on a meadow and fell asleep.
The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, and the Mongols had already climbed up, Hebul Khan immediately gathered the soldiers of the various tribes, and at that moment he first led more than 10,000 soldiers of his headquarters towards the gorge ahead!
Because the sky was not yet fully bright, the canyon looked a little gloomy, and Hebul Khan led the soldiers to move forward cautiously, and after walking more than ten miles of road, they gradually came to the end of the canyon.
There's a level at the end of the canyon!
This level is built against a mountain, about two or three feet high, and the overall scale of the level looks very small. At this moment, on the wall of the checkpoint, the soldiers of the Song army were already in full array.
"It's just such a small level, and suddenly Zha Husi said that it was dangerous yesterday? Can't he even beat it here? It's ridiculous! Hebul Khan sneered.
"Great Khan, the army was tired yesterday, and when you come to this level, everyone has no intention of attacking!" Next to a Mongolian human.
"Humph! In an hour, I'm going to beat this little level! Hebul Khan said coldly.
In his opinion, the level in front of him was too small to stop the progress of the Mongols! In fact, in addition to the Great Wall area north of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, on the grasslands in the north, there is no famous checkpoint between Shangjing and Zhongjing, and this Luer Gorge was only built by the Khitans in their early years, and they have not experienced a major war at all!
At that moment, countless Mongols rushed towards the level ahead!
The Mongols had bows and arrows in their hands, and they kept shooting at them!
However, at the top of the level, more than a dozen huge city-guarding crossbows have been erected, and these city-guarding crossbows let out a roar, and one after another long arrows shot downward! In addition to the crossbows guarding the city, the soldiers are also shooting downwards! The Song soldiers were in a higher position, and the range of the bow and crossbow was better than that of the other party, and the Mongols were suppressed for a while!
It's just that, gradually, more and more Mongols entered the canyon! The valley is wider, especially at the end of the canyon, and can tolerate a large number of Mongols attacking at the same time!
Arrows whistled, and all the Mongols had excited smiles on their faces.
"With such a small level, we can beat it without much effort! After we get here, let's head to Chukyo! Some of the cavalry of the Song army are really powerful, but the infantry of the Song army should not have much combat power! Hebul Khan said secretly.
He seemed to have seen the scene of the level in front of him being knocked down, but at this moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the top of the canyon!
"What happened?" Hebul Khan was taken aback!
He hurriedly looked upward, only to see countless boulders falling from the top of the canyon!
"Not good! Dodge! Hebul sweated in a cold sweat and said anxiously.
He had already hurriedly retreated to the back with a few of his own soldiers, and some of the quicker Mongols also retreated to the rear, but more Mongols were already in chaos at the moment.
Rumble! Rumble!
As a loud noise came, there was a scream in the Mongol army!
The boulders above are still falling, and the screams are getting louder and louder!
"Get out of here first!" Hebul Khan shouted.
Now the Mongol army is retreating to the back!
Fortunately, the canyon was relatively wide, and the stones thrown from it could only hit some places on the edge of the canyon, so although the Mongols were damaged, most of them were only frightened and were able to exit unharmed.
"The Han people are so cunning!" After retreating outside, Hebul Khan patted the dust on his body, looked at the top of the canyon, and said hatefully.
"Great Khan, there is a Song army on the canyon! We need to clear the Song army above the canyon first! "I said.
"Not bad! Immediately send someone to explore the mountains ahead, and be sure to eliminate the Song army above the canyon! If possible, we can find other access roads and go around the rest of the way to the back of Kago'er Gorge and knock down that little checkpoint! Hebul Khan said.
I nodded.
It was a gloomy day, and in the morning thousands of Mongols entered the mountains ahead, looking for a way through the mountains ahead!
It wasn't until the afternoon that the Mongols came back one after another to report the news!
There are indeed roads in the mountains ahead, but the roads are rugged, and the infantry can barely pass through, but the Mongols are all cavalry, they are a race of horses, and if they give up their horses, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened! Therefore, they can only continue to move forward by laying down the Luer Gorge. As for the top of the canyon, it was unusually steep and difficult to pass, and the Song army had placed hundreds of soldiers on it, which had firmly blocked the only way to pass!
"Only a few hundred soldiers?" Hebul Khan Road.
"Not bad!" The Mongolian soldier who reported in front said.
"We have more than 100,000 people, can't we defeat hundreds of people? I ba, you personally lead 10,000 soldiers along the path, and you must destroy those hundreds of Song soldiers! "I said.
I took the order and left.
"It is said that the Han people are cunning, and it is true! However, I have a large number of Mongolian soldiers and horses, and it is only a matter of time before I conquer this small Luer Gorge! I said secretly.
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The sky was getting more and more gloomy, and by the afternoon of this day, there was a little snow in the sky.
At this moment, in the desert area west of Fengzhou, a large number of Song cavalry troops are passing here.
At the head was a young general with a silver gun in his hand and an excited expression on his face.
"Where are we?" The young general said.
"We came from Enzhou, first through a forest area, and then into the desert, and now it should not be far from Fengzhou! At most, it is only more than 300 miles away! But the road ahead is not easy! A middle-aged general next to him was full of wrinkles on his face, which were wrinkles formed by the perennial wind and sun, but at this moment his wrinkled face showed an excited expression.
"Oh? Is it only more than 300 miles? I don't know where the Mongols are now! Send someone to find out now! We need to lurk in the desert for a while, waiting for the Mongols to arrive! The young general said.
"We have soldiers and horses entering Fengzhou in advance, now we can contact them first!" The middle-aged general said.
The young general nodded.
The sky was getting darker, the snow was getting heavier, and the cavalry was still moving forward, but at a much slower pace. Without understanding the battle ahead, they will not rush forward, so as not to alarm the enemy army.
And the middle-aged generals have already left the army with thousands of people at this moment, on the one hand, they want to find out the news ahead, and on the other hand, they want to send people to contact the group of Song troops who were in Fengzhou at the beginning.